Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 228 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.79 on Saturday, May 16th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on May 15, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.21 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.57% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 342,374 acre feet

This is 78.22% of the average of 437,706 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 164,849 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 150,651 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 177,525 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 168.11% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 40.98% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -2.03 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.40 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.15 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, May 16, 2026
6036.79
0.13
1,027,275
1090
372
82.9
56.4
Fri, May 15, 2026
6036.66
0.16
1,025,943
1277
369
81.5
53.7
Thu, May 14, 2026
6036.50
0.11
1,024,306
1004
392
79.5
54.5
Wed, May 13, 2026
6036.39
0.04
1,023,182
725
474
85.7
56.5
Tue, May 12, 2026
6036.35
0.01
1,022,773
620
524
86.2
52.3
Mon, May 11, 2026
6036.34
-0.02
1,022,671
501
560
81.7
52.1
Sun, May 10, 2026
6036.36
-0.01
1,022,875
572
580
77.5
50.9
Sat, May 09, 2026
6036.37
-0.07
1,022,977
324
641
80.4
52.5
Fri, May 08, 2026
6036.44
-0.07
1,023,692
320
638
79.3
47.5
Thu, May 07, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
751
612
68.9
36.8
Wed, May 06, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
645
523
62.6
45.5
Tue, May 05, 2026
6036.51
-0.09
1,024,408
54
476
61.3
48.6
Mon, May 04, 2026
6036.60
-0.04
1,025,329
804
455
68.7
52.2
Sun, May 03, 2026
6036.64
-0.03
829
456
73.5
48.8
Averages of List
6036.50
0.01
1,024,173
679.7
505.1
76.4
50.6

Averages for May 16th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6056.11
-19.32
1,305,979
3325.94
1545.77
79.39
46.72
All-Time
6043.67
-6.88
1,197,888
3302.95
1440.00
79.39
46.72

Last 10 May 16th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, May 16, 2025
6038.82
-2.03
1,048,258
1937
384
76.7
39.7
Thu, May 16, 2024
6046.32
-9.53
1,129,214
1842
351
70.6
53.2
Tue, May 16, 2023
6058.50
-21.71
1,273,578
6694
20
83.3
55.0
Mon, May 16, 2022
6028.51
8.28
945,137
2109
291
89.0
54.0
Sun, May 16, 2021
6035.54
1.25
1,065,378
1967
400
81.0
44.0
Sat, May 16, 2020
6059.53
-22.74
1,341,841
2174
529
82.0
44.0
Thu, May 16, 2019
6048.77
-11.98
1,211,169
5136
402
84.0
50.0
Wed, May 16, 2018
6050.25
-13.46
1,228,490
1346
341
84.0
44.0
Tue, May 16, 2017
6077.86
-41.07
1,592,963
4559
4494
64.0
37.0
Mon, May 16, 2016
6074.11
-37.32
1,538,445
3950
417
71.0
50.0
Averages of List
6052.12
-15.33
1,240,970
3276
762
78.5
47.0


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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